Shira Small, 8, of Newton, Erik Brenner, 10, and his brother Alexander, 5, of Smithfield, from left, prepare to throw pieces of bread during a ritual of ‘casting your sins away’ as a way of commemorating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, with other members of the congregation of the B'Nai Israel Synagogue of Woonsocket, at the St. Paul St. bridge in Blackstone Tuesday evening.  Call photo/Ernest A. Brown